-"Oh my good looking boy."-

"DO I LOOK alright?" Izuku asked fixing the collar of his black dress shirt, tonight was the night of Sero and Denki's party the theme was black tie attire. Why they chose that Izuku would never know. Shota sat on his bed watching Izuku dress with a small smile.

"If you wouldn't be late, I'd jump your bones," Shota pushed off the bed and wrapped his arm around Izuku's waist, "unless you'd like to be fashionably late?"

Izuku smiled sweetly at Shota's teasing words and shook his head, he leaned up and stole a kiss. Shota chased his lips when he pulled away making him giggle, Shota gripped her waist tighter before cupping his jaw and pressing kisses all over his face.

"My pretty boy," Shota murmured with a small smile as he pulled back to look Izuku up and down, god he really liked to see Izuku in a suit. Izuku flushed and gained a bashful smile, his hands finding Shota's as he tilted his head into Shota's hand.

Izuku had spent the night on and off for the past couple days, only really going home to grab new clothes or something or other. Shota removed his hands from his cheek and waist to move up and grab the collar of his shirt, his hands moved down and unbuttoned the top few buttons before flattening Izuku's collar. He stepped back and looked Izuku up and down, he was absolutely breathtaking.

Izuku wore a black dress shirt with matching slacks, his hair was it's usually untamed mess and he was looking at Shota with the most adorable grin and sparkling puppy eyes. He also enjoyed the fact that the marks he left on Izuku were visible enough to scare off anyone thinking about making a move on his boy. Izuku tilted his head curiously, eyes searching Shota's face as the man stared at him.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" Izuku questioned and brought a hand up to his face, Shota quickly grabbed his hand and pulled it back down. Izuku watched Shota's eyes flick around his face, he was confused to what he was doing. "Shota?"

"I'm just looking at you my love," Shota whispered, he was trying to memorize every little detail of Izuku's face.

Izuku leaned up and kissed him softly, "take a picture, it'll last longer."

"You're an ass," Shota scoffed pulling away from him and gripping his shoulders to turn him around. Way to ruin the moment Izuku. "Let's go, I'll drop you off."

Izuku giggled as he allowed Shota to maneuver him out of the apartment and down to the car.

-♡-

"Izuku, there you are!" Denki called out rushing up to Izuku as soon as he stepped in the door. He wrapped Izuku in a quick hug before grabbing his hand and tugging him further into the party. Izuku followed him through the crowd of people, saying hi to his classmates and friends and greeting anyone he didn't know. Denki pulled him to the patio and over to where Sero was sitting with some people, Sero looked up at him and grinned his eyes shining with an unreadable emotion.

"'Zuku, was wondering when you'd show up! Thought you might ditch us again," Sero called patting the empty spot on the couch next to him, Izuku took the spot and relaxed against the arm of the couch.

"And miss this? Never," Izuku leaned over and snatched the lit joint from between Sero's fingers. Sero huffed and made a reach for it only for Izuku to press it between his lips and swat his hand away, holding his hands up defensively making Sero grin and chuckle.

Everyone was dressed up in suits or at least jeans and a button up, Izuku glanced around taking in the few people mingling around the patio with their own drinks and smokes.

Denki hopped onto his lap, throwing his legs over Sero's lap and he stole the joint from between Izuku's lips. Izuku defiantly blew smoke into Denki's face in retaliation. Denki grinned puckering his lips and suddenly Izuku realized this wasn't a normal cuddle.

This was Sero and Denki trying to continue what they started the week before. Denki must have noticed his sudden rigid posture because he set the now extinguished joint in an ash tray.

"Hey you alright?" He questioned and Sero scooted closer, a concerned look on his face.

"Yeah, yeah I'm good," Izuku brushed him off with a smile, Sero rested a hand on his thigh clearly not believing him. There was a beat of silence where Sero's gaze moved from his face down to the exposed skin of Izuku's neck and collarbone.

There were fresh hickeys that Shota had left on him the night before. Since Izuku still had to wait for a clinic check Shota had opted to rile him up and tease him by marking him up but not going further than that and a bit of over the clothes action.

Sero's eyebrows furrowed as he reached out to pull the fabric of his shirt to the side, his eyes taking in the bruising marks and pink bite marks on Izuku's collarbone and neck.

"Where, uh, where are those from?" Sero questioned making Denki follow his gaze. Izuku didn't speak, Denki climbed off his lap and moved to sit on the patio table in front of the couch.

"Don't worry about them, let's just ignore it." Izuku brushed his hand away dismissively.

"Izuku those are fresh, who are they from?" Sero seemed to be getting agitated, maybe jealous, Izuku couldn't tell. Denki was being uncharacteristically quiet as he stared at them.

"Sero, I said don't worry about it. Can we just smoke and forget about it?" Izuku gritted out, it really wasn't their business, he went through this already with Shota and made up.

"Was it that guy? The one you were talking about that night?" Denki piped up making Izuku look at him, Izuku slumped against the back of the couch and pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh.

"I'm not talking about it, I'm gonna go get a drink," Izuku pushed off the couch deciding to move away from this situation.

"It is! Izuku you said he was ignoring you! Why are you even still talking to him?" Sero called after him and Izuku continued walking, his anger rising as the duo continued yelling after him.

What fucking business did they have interrogating him? He knew that they had a night together but that was a one time thing, they hadn't even hung out since then. A rational voice whispered that maybe they thought it wasn't just a one time thing. He ignored that voice as he poured a drink and let Mina pull him into the living room to party.

-♡-

It was about 2 hours before Sero came to find Izuku again, he didn't say much as he grabbed Izuku's hand and pulled him upstairs to his room. Izuku didn't fight him, he followed silently and took a seat on the couch when Sero ushered him into the room. Denki was already relaxing on the floor, Izuku looked his way momentarily before turning back to Sero when he cleared his throat.

"Izuku, I'm sorry I shouldn't have reacted like that," he started and Izuku nodded in agreement. "But you gotta understand where we're coming from, we slept together after you said you wanted to get your mind off of this guy that was ignoring you after a night together. We thought you wanted us, that we were talking and you were interested. And then you went back to that guy and we were none the wiser,"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I thought we were on the same page about that night being a one time thing. I didn't want a relationship," Sero had moved closer as he spoke and now was seated across from Izuku on the coffee table.

"So we were just supposed to know we were a rebound? That's kinda fucked man." Denki piped up and Izuku bit his lip and shook his head.

"No that's not it, we're friends and you were helping me out! I'm sorry if things were miscommunicated but I didn't want a relationship then." Izuku was feeling like a top grade asshole in that moment, he didn't consider their feelings when he accepted their invitation. They weren't just trying to help him out, they were making their move on him and he didn't even fucking realize.

"And now?" Sero asked and Izuku furrowed his brow.

"What?"

"You said you didn't want a relationship then. Do you want a relationship now?" There was a sliver of hopefulness in Sero's eyes as he zeroed in on Izuku.

"No, I'm sorry Sero, you guys are great but I don't have those feelings for you guys." Izuku stated and Denki scoffed.

"You sure did that night when you were begging for more," Izuku shot him a glare and stood.

"Don't talk about that night, it was a one night stand, I was hurting and you guys helped me forget about it, that's it." He moved towards the door, he lost all want to party and just wanted to go home.

"Yet you went back to the guy who hurt you," Sero stated when Izuku turned his back, when Izuku looked over his shoulder Sero was looking over his nails like they were the most interesting thing he'd ever seen.

"So what? You aren't my fucking boyfriends." He snapped and Sero finally looked back at him.

"Come back when you finally realize we're the better choice." Izuku rolled his eyes and continued out of the door, he briskly walked out of the party and stopped on the porch to pull out his phone.

Silently hoping Shota wasn't working just yet he called his boyfriend.